470 ADDEXDA. 



space broader than the upper ej-elid ; tympanum small, verj' indis- 

 tinct in non-desiccated specimens. Fingers with a rudiment of 

 web, toes half webbed ; disks and subarticular tubercles moderate ; 

 a very small inner metatarsal tubercle. The hind limb being carried 

 forwards along the body, the tibio-tarsal articulation reaches the 

 tip of the snout, or between the latter and the eye. Skin smooth 

 above, granulate beneath ; a fold from the eye to the shoulder. 

 Blue-green or purplish above, generally uniform, sometimes with 

 small black spots ; a purplish-brown streak on canthus rostralis and 

 generally on postocular fold : loreal region white, uniform or with 

 purplish-brown spots, or purplish brown, dotted or not with whitish ; 

 arms, and generally forearms, colourless ; thighs with a stripe of 

 pigment on their upper surface. Male with an external subgular 

 vocal sac, situated on tlie thoracic region. From snout to vent 

 23 millim. 

 S. India. 



a. Many spec. : Jj $^ & hgr. Manantoddy. Col. Beddome [C.]. 



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8 a. NANNOBATEACHUS. 



Pupil erect. Tongue free and nicked behind. Vomerine teeth. 

 Tympanum hidden. Fingers and toes free, the tips dilated into 

 sinal) disks. Outer metatarsals separated by a groove. Omo- 

 Bternum and sternum slender, cartilaginous. Terminal phalanges 

 bifurcate. 



India. 



Closely allied to Nyctihatrachus. 



1. Nannobatrachus beddomlL 



Tomerine teeth in two oblique oval groups behind the level of the 

 choanae. Habit stout. Snout short, rounded, without canthus 

 rostralis; interorbital space narrow, much narrower than the upper 

 eyelid. Fingers moderate, first shorter than second ; toes moderate, 

 with a slight rudiment of web ; disks and subarticular tubercles 

 very small ; a very indistinct inner metatarsal tubercle. The hind 

 limb being carried forwards along the body, the tarso-metatarsal 

 articulation reaches the tip of the snout, or not quite so far. Skin 

 quite smooth. Brown above, variegated with darker ; generally a 

 more or less defined light band on each side of the back ; limbs 

 cross-barred ; whitish beneath, immaculate. From snout to vent 

 20 millim. 



Malabar, 



a-h. S • Malabar. Col. Beddome [C.]. 



c. Several spec, S $ • Tinnevellv. Col. Beddome [C.J. 



